McNabb wonders what's next' for the Eagles

Seattle’s Marshawn Lynch, left, reacts in front of head coach Pete Carroll, right, during the first half of Super Bowl XLVIII against Denver Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. Lynch rushed for 39 yards and a TD in the Seahawks’ 43-8 victory. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — You weren’t the only one blown away by Chip Kelly’s ability to lead the Eagles into the playoffs and identify his quarterback at the same time this past season.

Former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, the second pick in the 1999 draft, all but stood up and applauded the feat in which the Eagles bounced back from a 3-5 start to finish 10-6.

“I thought they would probably win four or five games,” McNabb said from Radio Row. “And that’s no slight to anybody by any means. I just thought incorporating a new offense, a new coaching staff, some of the same players I’ve played with, I just thought it would take some time.

“But the interesting part now is what happens next? When you have a great year like that, what’s next? We’ve seen the Washington Redskins win seven in a row and all of a sudden the next season it just plummets. Will there be consistency in Philadelphia?”

The Eagles own the 22nd overall pick in a draft full of wide receivers.

Almost all of the key Eagles are back in 2014, including Nick Foles, who with 27 touchdown passes and just two interceptions set the club single-season record with a passer rating of 119.2. McNabb established the previous standard with a 104.7 rating during the Eagles’ 2004 Super Bowl season.

McNabb channels his football opinions these days into the NBC Sports Radio show Under Center with Mark Malone weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m.

He’s discussed Foles’ storybook season enough that he didn’t blink when asked if the second-year quarterback could repeat it. Foles’ passer rating was the third-best in NFL history.

“No, I don’t think it will be like that,” McNabb said. “In fact I’d tell anybody in Philadelphia, don’t have that high of expectations for him. Just give him a chance. It might be a 20-touchdown, 10-interception year.”

McNabb doesn’t think the Eagles are that far away from playing in a Super Bowl, though. Not after this year.

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The Seahawks are eligible for a total playoff share of $180,000, including $92,000 for just the Super Bowl.

The Broncos get $46,000 less.

The teams vote on who to give full or partial playoff shares to.

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The cast of Draft Day, including Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner and Denis Leary made a pre-game visit to the field.

Costner is in the lead role as general manager of the downtrodden Cleveland Browns (considering the mismanagement, a safe bet for movie scripts probably through 2020).

Costner thinks trading up to the No. 1 pick can get him the player who can turn the franchise around. Which is apropos as Browns president Joe Banner, formerly of the Eagles, wants to do the same thing.

Draft Day debuts April 11.

The three-day NFL draft begins May 8.

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Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch grew up on the mean streets of Oakland and played football for the University of California in nearby Berkeley.

Lynch didn’t know much about Tom Cable until the offensive line coach and assistant head coach arrived in Seattle.

But what Lynch knew, he appreciated.

“Well, being from Oakland, all I knew about him was that he punched people,” Lynch said. “That’s my type of person.”

In Cable’s tour as head coach of the Oakland Raiders he punched, slapped or however you want to phrase it an assistant coach he felt was disloyal.

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The Broncos deactivated defensive tackle Sione Fua, who was unable to practice all week due to a calf injury.